Welcome.
These are some of the attempts at verse that I have made over the years. I trust that they are to the glory of the Lord Jesus - and that putting them here is to His glory too.
I have now posted most that I have written at least once but continue in case a new audience finds new blessing. Occasionally I throw in some other verse.
Comment are welcome.

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

When first the light broke through the primal darkness;When first the sun arose upon the planet;When first God made the innocence of Adam,Or built the woman who would assuage man's heartache;When first a sacrifice appeased His angerOr when He saw the blood of the first martyrGod had in mind another kind of Manhood,A greater Light to lighten all of mankind,A brighter Sun to light a grander landscape ‑A sinless Man, obedient to His Father,A sorer Sufferer who trod a harsher pathwayUntil He gave Himself ‑ the better ransom.

This is part one of "Touching the King", a series relating to the Lord Jesus personally which I wrote some years ago. I have posted all before, but will, if the Lord will, set them out day by day till the series is finished.

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form is somewhat of my invention. It is based on my, possibly
defective, understanding of the Old French laisse. The general
principles are:each stanza had twelve lines;all twelve lines assonate, i.e. the last stressed syllable has the same vowel sound - full rhymes are usually accidental;the basic measure is the so-called iambic, unstressed syllable followed by stressed;each line has five stresses and a break after the second or third stress;in
a substantial minority of lines there is an additional unstressed
syllable after the break or at the end of the line, or both.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

(for Rosie)A new year has begun: and swells of changeWill surge behind and swirl around our boat;As days move on landscapes will rearrangeAnd through grace only will we stay afloat.Yet as our curragh rushes on we'll knowThere is within a place we love to shareSince though the currents drive and torrents flowWe're nurtured by a wife and mother's care.And up above the sun, in changelessness,Provides a fixed point, rule, and warmth and light;It constancy rebukes our fickleness;It brightness warms us still and makes us bright.Since God's great love in Christ casts out all fearWe voyage together through another year.